Practice Nurse

You will join the dedicated team of healthcare professionals at City View Medical Practice, who have an appetite for innovation and have been part of building a successful new primary care model.

You will workas part of our multi-disciplinary team providing personal medical services tothe practice patients. This will include long-term condition management, health screening and promotion,immunisations, treatments and dressings.

Our Nursing Team offers a range of clinical services including health promotion and long-term condition management, NHS health checks, hypertension management, contraception and sexual health advice, cervical screening, wound management, travel advice, administration of national childhood and adult vaccinations and phlebotomy. You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team.

City View Medical Practice has a large multi-disciplinary team looking after 15,500 patients. We work across two sites - our main site is at Beeston Hill Health Centre, and our branch surgery is just five minutes' away at Shafton Lane - both of which are modern, purpose-built health centres.

This is a busy practice, where we all work hard to do the best we possibly can for our patients. We like to use everyone's skills and to play to people's strengths. We are a training practice, welcoming GP Registrars, Medical Students, Student Nurses and Apprentices. We encourage every member of the team to extend their knowledge and skills, so that we can better help our patients and improve the flow of work through the practice.

There is a strong focus on support, training,education, assessment and audit, ensuring the team is clinically confident and competent to meet simultaneous Practice and NHS England guidance.

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB

TITLE:

PRACTICE NURSE (Band
6)

REPORTS TO:

LEADNURSE (Clinically)

PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)

HOURS:

37hours per week

Job summary:

The practice nurse will workas part of the primary healthcare team providing personal medical services tothe practice patients. This will include long-term condition management, health screening and promotion, immunisations, treatments and dressings.

Essential

Qualifications:

• Registered General Nurse with evidence of current NMC registration
• Diplomas in chronic disease management e.g. Respiratory, Diabetes, CHD and willingness to work towards any not yet obtained
• Qualifications/signed competencies in the activities listed below and a willingness to work towards any not yet obtained

Role of the Nursing Team

City View Medical Practice serves the needs of approximately 15,000 registered patients from diverse cultural and ethical backgrounds. The team offers a range of clinical services including health promotion and chronic disease management,NHS health checks, hypertension management, contraception and sexual health advice (including device fitting and removal), cervical cytology, wound management, travel advice, administration of national childhood and adult vaccinations, ear care and phlebotomy. We liaise with the multidisciplinary team as necessary.

Non-medical prescribers work within the team toprovide holistic episodes of care, so achieving NHS England and ICB mandates tomeet patient need safely, seamlessly, efficiently and effectively by completing clinically robust, evidence-based episodes of care. There is a strong focus onsupport, training, education, assessment and audit, ensuring the team is clinically confident and competent to meet simultaneous Practice and external guidance.

Key roles and functions

• Provide ahigh quality, safe and supportive environment for patients, meeting their identified physical and psycho-social needs within the scope of individual accountable practice.
• Work within
  
  Practice guidelines, policies, protocols and procedures reporting outcomes to appropriate clinical staff so standards of care can be monitored and improved where necessary. This includes adhering to the following agendas:infection control, equality and diversity, health and safety.
• Maintain effective communication with patients, carers, relatives and members ofthe multidisciplinary team ensuring information is shared appropriately and confidentially so patient needs are met in accordance with NHSdirectives and safeguarding policies.
• Protect and maintain patient records to the agreed Practice standard and in accordance with professional record keeping standards (NMC 2018).
• Administer medicines in accordance with a non-medical prescribing framework, patient specific direction or patient group direction in accordance with the standards for medicine management (NMC 2018, RPS 2021).
• Organise,manage and prioritise own workload ensuring care of patients is paramount.
• Develop therole by using evidence-based practice and continuously improving own knowledge as defined by NMC revalidation guidelines.

Job responsibilities:

• Chronic disease management:
  Respiratory Disease (Asthma/COPD),Diabetes, Coronary Heart Disease. Applicant should hold diploma(s) or bewilling to train
• Assist…